John DeRossett, the man accused of shooting a Brevard County deputy, will be formally charged Wednesday with attempted murder, officials said.

John DeRossett, the man accused of shooting a Brevard County deputy, will be formally charged Wednesday with attempted murder, officials said.

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Updated: 12:33 PM EDT Aug 26, 2015

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WEBVTT DAN BILLOW IS AT THE BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. DO WE KNOW AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED? WE'RE LEARNING A LOT OF NEW THINGS. WE'VE GOT BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME. ONE THING WE LEARNED TODAY IS WHERE JOHN CASEY SMITH WAS SHOT. THE BULLET WENT IN JUST BELOW THE LOWER EDGE OF HIS BULLETPROOF VEST ON HIS LEFT SIDE, TRAVELED ACROSS HIS BODY AND DOWNWARD A LITTLE BIT AND CAME OUT AROUND HIS RIGHT HIP AREA. HE WAS WEARING, ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN, A VEST CLEARLY MARKED SHERIFF, IDENTIFYING HIM AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. HE CAME OUT THROUGH THE DOOR AND BEGAN FIRING ON THE OFFICERS. AT A HOME, AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER MADE A DEAL FOR THE WOMAN TO PERFORM SEX IN EXCHANGE FOR $150. NEW INFORMATION FROM THE BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE UNDERCOVER OFFICER WENT TO THE DOOR FIRST TO ARREST HER. AFTER MEETING WITH THE WOMAN AND BEGINNING THAT PROCESS, TWO BACK-UP AGENTS, WEARING MARKED CLOTHING, ALSO CAME TOWARD THE DOOR TO ASSIST. ONE OF THOSE TWO WAS AGENT JOHN CASEY SMITH. AT THE SAME TIME A SPOKESMAN SAYS THE MAN APPEARED AT THE DOOR AND STARTED SHOOTING. SMITH WAS BADLY WOUNDED. DOCTORS SAVED HIS LIFE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WORDS MAY HAVE BEEN EXCHANGED OR IF THERE WAS ANY APPARENT REASON FOR THE MAN TO START SHOOTING. IT BRINGS HOME THE POINT THAT IN THE JOB THAT WE DO, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE IT CAN CHANGE FROM SOMETHING VERY ROUTINE AND MUNDANE INTO A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. AND NOW WE DO KNOW SOME OF THE WORDS THAT WERE EXCHANGED JUST WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES. WE GOT A SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVIT. THE MAN TALKED TO INVESTIGATORS, TOLD HIS STORY. THAT WAS RELEASED IN THAT AFFIDAVIT. HE'S A SECURITY GUARD. HE HAS FIVE GUNS AND A CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT. NEVER BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE. HE SAID HE HEARD A RUCKUS, CAME OUT WITH ONE OF HIS GUNS, SAW THE SUSPECTED PROSTITUTE SURROUNDED BY THREE MEN IN DARK CLOTHING, DOESN'T MENTION ANY MARKINGS ON THEM. THE THREE MEN SCATTERED AND HE FIRED, THIS IS ALL HIS STORY, HE FIRES ONE SHOT INTO THE AIR AT THAT POINT, RETURN FIRE COMES AND HITS HIM. HE IN TURN SHOOTS BACK AND THAT'S APPARENTLY WHEN CASEY SMITH GOT SHOT. THAT AGAIN IS HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. HE WILL BE IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON IN JUST A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL BE THERE AND SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS LATER ON.

Man accused of shooting deputy to be charged with attempted murder

John DeRossett, the man accused of shooting a Brevard County deputy, will be formally charged Wednesday with attempted murder, officials said.